Publications & Appearances

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Dr. Pamela Rutledge
prutledge@mprcenter.org

FOR THE PRESS: Pam is available to reporters for comments and analysis on the impact of technology and social media use on individuals and society.  Contact: prutledge@mprcenter.org

Presentations/Workshops

  • Video Games, Problem-Solving and Self-Efficacy.  2012 American Psychological Association National Convention.  August 2012. Orlando, FL.
  • Transmedia Storytelling for Marketing, Education, and Mental Health.  2012 American Psychological Association National Convention.  August 2012. Orlando, FL.
  • Dashboard for Engagement: Brains, Games and the Consequences of Design. March 9, 2012) SxSW Interactive, Austin, TX. SxSW 2012
  • Panel Chair: A Little Less Conversation: Embodied Cognition. February 18, 2012.  Society for Consumer Psychology Conference.  Las Vegas, NV
    Communicating Messages in the ‘New Normal’ Environment.  January 9, 2012, College Board Colloquium 2012, Newport Beach, CA.
  • Social Media and the Brain.  October 6, 2011 as part of The Wired Child: How 21st Century Technology Affects the Brain.  Sackler Educational Laboratory at The American Museum of Natural History, New York.
  •  Applying the Psychology of Social Media.  Vodafone Plenum Annual Congress, Berlin, September 30, 2011.
  • Generation C & Shared StoryWorlds Panel. Storyworld Conference and Expo November 1, 2011.   
  • Social Media for Social Change (August 2011) American Psychological Association National Convention, Washington DC.
  • Igniting a Revolution of Intrinsic Motivation. EComm 2011: Emerging Communications Conference. June 27-29, 2011.  San Francisco Marriott.
  • Transmedia Storytelling and the Brain (May 19, 2011) Planningness Conference.  Minneapolis, MN
  • How Augmented Reality Can Save the World: Broadband for the Brain (May 17, 2011) ARE Conference, Santa Clara, CA
  • Does the Internet Make You Happy? (March 2011) SxSW Interactive, Austin, TX.
  • A Think Lab: Transmedia Storytelling Workshop (February 19, 2011) with Bonnie Buckner for New Leaders Council, Santa Monica, CA
  • Transmedia Storytelling for Marketing: Engaging Customers Across Emerging Technologies (December 2010) Webinar, UC Irvine Extension.
  • Social Media and Image (August 2010) American Psychological Association National Convention, San Diego, CA

Articles

Books

  • The Impact of Media Coverage on USA-China Conflict: The Impact of Media Coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on Americans Beliefs about China  (2011).  GmbH & Co. KG: Lambert Academic Publishing
  • Is There a Need for a Distinct Field of Media Psychology? (under contract).  Chapter by Rutledge, P. & Tuma, R.  In K. Dill (Ed.)  Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology.  Cambridge: Oxford University Press.
  • The Resilience of Lisbeth Salander: Self efficacy, Social Connection, and Meaning. (2011). In R. Rosenberg & S. O’Neill (Eds.) The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Chapter by Pamela Rutledge. Dallas, TX: BenBella Publishing.
  • The Impact of Social Media on the Success of the Twilight Saga. (2011) Chapter by Pamela Rutledge. In E. D. Klonsky & A. Black (Eds.), The The Psychology of TwilightPsychology of Twilight. Dallas, TX: BenBella Publishing.